When I did, he received me always
with great kindness. He always seemed to be very fond of
my brother; and I suppose that led him to receive me in a
more intimate and cordial fashion than he would otherwise
have done. I was first introduced to him in the cloak-room
of the House of Representatives the Saturday evening before
his inauguration. He came, I think, to see Mr. Boutwell,
then a member of the House, afterward his Secretary of the
Treasury. He came to Worcester in the summer of that year,
and I went with him in a special car to Groton in the afternoon.
He was not very talkative, though interested in all he saw.
He expressed special delight in the appearance of the boys
of the Worcester Military School, who turned out to escort
him. One of his sons, a well-grown lad, was upon the train.
The general had not seen him for some time, and he sat with
one arm around him, as one might with a little girl.
It used to be thought that Grant was a man without much literary
capacity. Since the publication of his "Memoirs," this notion
has been discarded. I can testify to his great readiness
as a writer.
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